jtm2007 alumni notes

May 17, 2010

In this 20-minute video (a low-resolution version), veteran newspaper editor and non-profit publisher Tom Stites explains how his first participation in a Journalism That Matters gathering in June 2006 (at the Media Giraffe Project conference), lead to the creation of his Banyan Project.

October 25, 2008

John Coakley teaches at the University of Queensland, in Austrailia. A former News Corp. journalist, Coakley sees an opportinty for an organization to help in a role of helping jouranlists market their skills to other elements of the public schere.

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June 11, 2008

What motivates people to launch a local online news community -- a "placeblog" and what are their challenges, their successes, the opportunities, vision and passion which accompany this work? Twelve citizen-journalists -- "placebloggers" -- gathered on Friday, June 6, 2008, for a one-hour conversation at Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to the auto stream of their conversation by clicking on the carat of the bar below. Or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. Moderated by Bill Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

What's Next for the Journalism That Matters collaborative? In a wide-ranging, 52-minute discussion, participants at "New Pamphleteers/New Reporters," in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 5, 2008, discuss options. Should JTM -- which convenes meetings on the future of journalism and journalists -- become a formal organization? What services would it offer? Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch streaming audio, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening (56-1/2 minutes; 13.65MB)

This is audio of the agenda-setting session on Friday morning at NewsTools2008. Stream audio by clicking on the carat on the left of the bar below, or download an AUDIO PODCAST for offline listening. Duration:32 minutes, 23 seconds / File Size:15.54 MB

This is audio of most of the Thursday afternoon wrapup circle at NewsTools2008-Yahoo on May 1, 2008. The last few minutes were lost because the recorder battery went dead. This runs 34 minutes. Stream audio by clicking on the carat of the bar below. Or DOWNLOAD PODCAST for later listening.Duration:34 minutes, 48 seconds / File Size:16.71 MB

This is the audio of the SPJ keynote panel at Newstools2008 at the Domain Hotel on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Listen immediately to an audio stream by clicking on the carat of the bar below, or DOWNLOAD AN MP3 PODCAST for offline listening. (Duration:1 hour, 20 minutes, 14 seconds / File Size:38.51 MB)

A 12-minute audio excerpt of Richard Anderson's talk about VillageSoup at NewsTools2008 on May 1, 2008 in Sunnyvale, Calif. Listening to streaming video by clicking on the carat of the bar below, or DOWNLOAD AN MP3 PODCAST for offline listening. (Duration:12 minutes, 22 seconds / File Size:2.97 MB)